Arabic MS 313 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
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Summary of Contents: An imitation of Ḥarīri's Maqāmāt by Abū Bakr ibn Muḥsin Bāʿbūd called al-Maqāmāt al-Hindīyah (The Indian Assembles).Title: al-Maqāmāt al-HindīyahTitle: المقامات الهنديةTitle: The Indian AssembliesLanguage(s): ArabicThe work is mentioned in Sprenger's catalogue and described from a copy lithographed at Dihli in 1264 AH (1847 CE), but the author is there called Bāʿbūd (باعبود), while in the present manuscript he is clearly Bāghnūdi (الباغنودى).
On the flyleaves at the beginning and on the back are inscriptions which name the book as Maqāmāt Hindi, but the proper title is the one given above.
Each maqāmāh is called after an Indian city and begins روى الناصر بن فتاح قال.
The fiftieth maqāmāh is known as السيالكوتية, at the end of which is a short epilogue (folio 158a), with which the work ends.
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: paperExtent: 170 folios (v+158+vii).Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 170 mm.Foliation: Modern foliation in Western Arabic numerals in pencil.Collation
Catchword on every verso.Condition
Brittle paper with cracks, usage stains, liquid damage.Layout
Uniform layout. Justified left margin. Rubricated.
190 × 105 mm.
Hand(s)
Indian Nastaliq of about 1800 CE.
Additions:Marginal and interlinear notes on many Arabic words in English - possibly by Hamilton (cf. Mingana) in pencil.
Binding
Brown leather binding with paper covers.
History
Origin: Produced around 1800 CE in India.Provenance and Acquisition
Previously in the collection of Colonel George William Hamilton (1807-1868) who served in India from 1823 to 1867, latterly as Commissioner of Delhi. He acquired over a thousand Indian and Persian manuscripts, from which the British Museum selected 352, now held in the British Library; his bookplate on the back paste-down: "Hamilton MSS. No. 108".
Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford (1812-1880), book collector and writer on art Crawford, Alexander Crawford Lindsay, 1812-1880
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847-1913), astronomer and book collector Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913
Formerly in the Crawford Library (Bibliotheca Lindesiana) at Haigh Hall, Lancashire, which was formed and developed by Alexander and James Ludovic Lindsay.
His bookplate on back paste-down: Bibliotheca Lindesiana 3/E.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (1847-1913).
Bequeathed by Enriqueta Rylands (1843-1908) Rylands, Enriqueta, 1843-1908 in 1908 to The John Rylands Library .
Record Sources
Catalogue information compiled by Abdullah al-Rashidi from Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1934. Revised and expanded by Zsófia Buda.Availability
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